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Media
Indy editor steps down
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 12 April 2010
The Independent has announced its current Editor Roger Alton will step down following the recent purchase of the paper by Evening Standard owner Alexander Lebedev. This is not a surprise at all really, people had begun speculating who Lebedev would put in charge of the title long before his deal with former owners Independent News & Media had been done, the assumption all along being that former Observer Editor Alton would be for the axe.
The broadsheet’s former Editor, Simon Kelner, who took on an MD and Editor In Chief role after handing over the actual editorship to Alton in 2008, will return to the editor’s chair on a temporary basis until a replacement can be found. Standard Editor Geordie Greig will become Editorial Director of the Indy, though isn’t expected to have much of a day to day role on the struggling national daily.
